A Summons Home Portents Family Deception
Harriet Clayton schemes to summon her estranged children to a funeral by deceit after spurning their letters and plans. Thaddeus reluctantly helps send telegrams announcing an accident and funeral, leading to a tense reunion and exposure of long hidden regrets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet Clayton
Harriet
Thaddeus
Hovshiell
Tye
Jechiel
Hannah Jane
Jehlel
Hannah
Puneral
Hopkinsvile
Ike
Jehtel
Thaddeus Clayton
Jebel
Jeklel
Leseena
Uiturt
Phoenis
Arisona
Swamp Root and Castoria Ads Read by Women Readers
A collage of old advertisements touts Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a kidney remedy with sample bottles by mail, Castoria for infants urging careful selection, and other period snippets. Humorous vignettes from Youth’s Companion and American Legion Weekly close the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kil
Scratched Record Noted by Child in Household Scene
A fragmentary anecdote recalls Mary Bindelin aged ten and her sister Harriet Jane aged five visiting their grandmother. While Mary sang to a doll, their mother joined in the refrain and Harriet bluntly remarked that the record was scratched, in plain child logic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Bindelin
Harriet Jane
Mary Biedells
Mamma
Interpreter of Nature at Frog Pond Awakens Girls in Country Night
In Youngstown Tele gram a scene unfolds as two young girls spend their first country night. A high pitched peep fills the air while a deep frog croaks join a confused exchange. The girls wonder if they hear a bird a cow or an automobile in the night.
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Mrs. Clayton
Nathan
Hue
Berks
Sleven
Youngstown
Winnie
Susan
The Privileged Ones and Middle-Class Paradox
An economic investigator notes that the privileged middle class faces the toughest times while Mr. Chuggins agrees. The conversation centers on a man whose wealth places him between luxury and poverty, unable to sustain endless seasonal travel between Florida summers and Maine winters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Chuggins
Florida
Maine
Odd Coincidence From War Era Souvenir Hunt
A narrator describes finding a hillfold with a wartime picture in a deserted Lorraine village after the war. The scene shows a girl in the foreground and a bench with the narrator’s mother and sister in the background, recalling Lincoln Park memories in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorraine
Lincoln Park
Chicago Journal
Confessions Too Public in Mount Plagy Revival
Gap Johnson argues confessions invite exposure as neighbors gossip about a revival near Mount Plagy. The piece cites a sister’s confession and multiple brothers commenting, sparking talk of a grand jury sense of shared secrets.
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Gap Johnson
Mount Plagy
Rellelm
Etnfess
Kiutisus City Star
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Eleanor H. Porter
Annabel
Hanpali June
Tehlel
Mr. Clayton
Tommy
Nellie
New England
Chattanooga
Tennessee
Teliel
Jehiel
O. K
Minnie
Fred
Jentel
Jane
Fletcher
No Man's Land
American Legion Weekly
the Alabastine Company
Grand Rapids, Mich
God
Sir Thiomas Browne
Mr. Jenkins
Lions
Sete
Ann Itisa
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